Examining the relationship between personality, organizational political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational military staff exercise context

Intercorrelations, means and standard deviations of the Big Five dimensions of personality, Political skill total score and perceived team performance (n = 185)

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	M	SD
1. Extraversion1	–							5.57	1.97
2. Agreeableness1	–0.22**							5.90	1.62
3.Conscientiousness1	0.10	–0.10	–					5.70	1.71
4. Openness1	0.01	0.11	–0.13	–				5.31	1.85
5. Emotional stability1	0.14	0.06	0.04	–0.10	–			6.19	1.87
6. PSI total score2	0.35**	0.17	0.07	0.14	0.17*	–		5.06	0.71
7. Team performance2	0.17*	–0.07	0.12	0.15*	0.23**	0.32**	–	5.71	0.95

1 Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).

** P < 0.01;

1 Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).

2 Scale scores could range from one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree).

** P < 0.01;

* P < 0.05.

2 Scale scores could range from one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree).

* P < 0.05.

** P < 0.01;

Tab. 2

Regression results for the association of the Big Five personality dimensions Extraversion, Openness and Emotional stability, and Political skills total score with perceived team performance (n = 184)

Dependent variable (Perceived team performance)	Model

Predictor variables	Beta	p
Extraversion	0.06	0.459
Openness	0.13	0.067
Emotional stability	0.19	0.007
PSI total score	0.25	0.001
R²/adjusted R²	0.150/0.131

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2016-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Jan 25, 2016

Accepted on: Aug 17, 2016

Published on: Dec 31, 2016

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